The earlier he does it, the less pressure he would feel, especially in this tournament, where Roger and Rafa are glaringly absent. If he doesn't take advantage of the moment, too many permutations in the draw could complicate future grand slam tries.
To add high drama to it all, is that Novak has to take revenge on the player who denied him of his golden grand slam dream. We will see soon if Novak dismantles Zverev in the semi's or the German dismantles the Serbian again, for the second consecutive grand slam tier tournament.
I am not really a Novak fan and I love how Zverev plays. He is playing at such a high level now, and his Olympic gold medal has certainly made him feel he belongs to that exclusive club of grand slam champions.
I will be cheering for him in the semi's and I am sure Novak will give him a handful.
On the other side of the draw, I am very happy that Felix Auger-Aliassime, is giving Canadian tennis, a great boost. He is finally showing the world what he can do and is slowly showing the promise of a wonderful talent. He is actually well-rested, as his QF match with Alcaraz did not reach a full set, with the latter retiring.
This should make him fresh and fighting against the Russian Daniil Medvedev. I have always felt that Daniil is already way due for a grand slam title - and he has come to Flushing Meadows ready to fight. He also has more experience over the Canadian at this stage of a slam, so this should be a match for him to lose by his racket.
I am looking forward to a Zverev - Medvedev final. How about you? Who are you rootinn
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